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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

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Denver Diaries: What are Denverites like… really?

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 26, 2008, 2:05 AM Aug 26, 2008
12

I pretended to be lost today, just to see if anyone would stop to help.

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Denver Diaries: The Gustavus connection

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 25, 2008, 9:17 PM Aug 25, 2008
2

It’s funny how many people I’ve met in Colorado have Minnesota connections. But they like it in Colorado better.

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Denver vs. St. Paul: Traffic comparison – Part I

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 25, 2008, 3:10 PM Aug 25, 2008
1

Advantage: St. Paul. Maybe.

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First look at Invesco

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 25, 2008, 2:19 PM Aug 25, 2008
2

MPR’s John Nicholson has just sent along the first peek at things inside Invesco Field, where Barack Obama will give his speech on Thursday.

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Live-blogging: Is there a voting system that’ll work?

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 25, 2008, 10:25 AM Aug 25, 2008
4

Our election system is resistant to reform. Why?

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Denver Diaries: Do prairie dogs bite?

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 25, 2008, 10:20 AM Aug 25, 2008
5

Prairie dogs, smog, and Denver’s unique way of saying ‘hello.’

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Discussion: What role does faith play in your politics?

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 25, 2008, 7:11 AM Aug 25, 2008
3

Two Minnesota delegates to their party conventions come to their politics by way of their faith and end up in different locations on the political spectrum. How?

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The message is not the media

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 25, 2008, 6:05 AM Aug 25, 2008
1

In the grand scheme, it’s not a bad thing that more and more reporters are being forced to go outside the ‘set’ for their stories.

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The politics of seating

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 24, 2008, 1:12 PM Aug 24, 2008
1

Four years ago, Democrats were worried the party was about to lose Minnesota.

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Denver Diaries: The cyanide guy

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 24, 2008, 8:33 AM Aug 24, 2008
1

Why was a man with no connection to Denver found dead in a hotel room with a pound of cyanide?

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Denver Diaries: The media parties

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 24, 2008, 1:33 AM Aug 24, 2008
3

The largest party at the Democratic National Convention is the one thrown for the largest delegation — the media.

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Denver Diaries: Arrival

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 23, 2008, 7:15 PM Aug 23, 2008

From Istanbul to Denver, the Clinton team puts on a happy face, National Guard keeping a low profile, and a comparison to 1996. All of these are related. Trust me on this.

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Joe Biden, the Democratic convention, and whatever you hold dear

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 23, 2008, 7:32 AM Aug 23, 2008
6

So it’s Joe Biden, the guy who said ‘it’s not me. I’m not the guy ‘ earlier in the week. What do you think?

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The Walldogs

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 22, 2008, 8:43 AM Aug 22, 2008

MPR’s Tom Weber has — perhaps unwittingly, perhaps not — reignited my fire to reintroduce an idea I had for News Cut when we started it last winter: the two-minute tale.

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Live-blogging Midmorning: Time to lower the drinking age?

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 21, 2008, 4:36 AM Aug 21, 2008
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I’ll be live blogging this morning’s first hour of Midmorning (9 a.m.), which will discuss the suggestion by a group of college presidents to lower the drinking age.

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